The population of Marion county is estimated at 19,143. In 2017 there were 241 births and 190 deaths in Marion county. Marion county has 3,340 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,068 that are owned free and clear and 1,950 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Marion County filed 8,430 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Kentucky filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Marion had a combined total federal tax liability of $51,763,000 on earned income of $369,965,000. Other notable statistics from Marion County were 410 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,079,000 and 1,260 charitable contributions valued at $3,909,000. 1,400 filings from Marion County paid a combined total of $2,116,000 in property taxes and 1,190 filings paid $6,212,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Marion county had 38 religious congregations with an estimated 12,532 members.
13.0% of the Marion population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 19.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 42% of Marion County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 792 votes.
At $46,125 the median income is 95.4% of the Kentucky average. An estimated 392 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Marion, the equivalant of around 4.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Marion County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,586	Manufacturing
1,333	Health care and social assistance
1,111	Transportation equipment manufacturing
923	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
824	Wood product manufacturing
705	Wood container and pallet manufacturing
649	Retail trade
602	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
602	Administrative and support services
448	Food services and drinking places
384	Temporary help services
329	Limited-service restaurants
263	Ambulatory health care services
238	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
238	Plastics product manufacturing

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